Overview
- Belgorod governor said repeated attacks on the reservoir dam have continued for more than a week, leading to an ongoing partial release of water as federal agencies work on protections.
- In the Belgorod region, three civilians including two 15-year-old brothers were injured in FPV blasts around Graivoron, and a separate strike in Moshchyonoye left a man with shrapnel wounds as cars and buildings were damaged.
- Rostov region authorities reported two people wounded in the Miasnikovsky district, with several private houses and a vehicle damaged and a fire extinguished by emergency crews.
- In the Tuapse district of Krasnodar Territory, debris from a downed UAV damaged a multi‑apartment building in the Sosnovy settlement, with no casualties reported initially.
- Investigators opened a criminal case after a fatal multi‑vehicle crash near Orel and confirmed a detainee’s escape in Belgorod, while Russia released video of the Khabarovsk submarine launch, claimed a strike on a Ukrainian engineering battalion near Stary Saltiv, and said Sweden has not identified suspects in paint‑drone attacks on its diplomatic sites.